COMMERZBANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT Frankfurt am Main. Final Terms dated 1 September Base Prospectus dated 24 February 2011

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1 COMMERZBANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT Frankfurt am Main Final Terms dated 1 September 2011 with respect to the Base Prospectus dated 24 February 2011 relating to Warrants relating to Shares denominated in NOK to be publicly offered in the Kingdom of Norway and to be admitted to trading on the Nordic Derivatives Exchange Oslo

2 In addition to the information relevant to this issue of Warrants, these Final Terms repeat some of the information set out in the Base Prospectus dated 24 February 2011 regarding the Warrants where the Issuer deems such information necessary in order to satisfy the investor's need for information in relation to this issue of Warrants. RISK FACTORS The purchase of Warrants issued (the "Warrants") is associated with certain risks. The information set forth hereinafter merely describes the major risks that are associated with an investment in the Warrants in the Issuer's opinion. In this regard, however, the Issuer expressly points out that the description of the risks associated with an investment in the Warrants is not exhaustive. In addition, the order in which such risks are presented does not indicate the extent of their potential commercial effects in the event that they are realised, or the likelihood of their realisation. The realisation of one or more of said risks may adversely affect the assets, finances and profits of Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft or the value of the Warrants themselves. Moreover, additional risks that are not known at the date of preparation of the Base Prospectus and these Final Terms or are currently believed to be immaterial could likewise have an adverse effect on the value of the Warrants. The occurrence of one or more of the risks disclosed in the Base Prospectus, any supplement and/or these Final Terms or any additional risks may lead to a material and sustained loss and, depending on the structure of the Warrant, even result in the partial loss or even the total loss of the investor's capital. Investors should purchase the Warrants only if they are able to bear the risk of losing the capital invested, including any transaction costs incurred. Potential investors in the Warrants must in each case determine the suitability of the relevant investment in light of their own personal and financial situation. In particular, potential investors should in each case: have sufficient knowledge and experience to make a meaningful evaluation of the Warrants, the merits and risks of investing in the Warrants and/or the information contained or incorporated by reference in the Base Prospectus or any applicable supplement and all the information contained in these Final Terms; have sufficient financial resources and liquidity to bear all of the risks associated with an investment in the Warrants; understand thoroughly the Terms and Conditions pertaining to the Warrants and be familiar with the behaviour of any relevant underlying and the financial markets; and be able to evaluate (either alone or with the help of a financial adviser) possible scenarios for economic, interest rate and other factors that may affect the value of their investment and be able to bear the associated risks. These risk warnings do not substitute advice by the investor's bank or by the investor's legal, business or tax advisers, which should in any event be obtained by the investor in order to be able to assess the consequences of an investment in the Warrants. Investment decisions should not be made solely on the basis of the risk warnings set out in the Base Prospectus, any supplement and/or these Final Terms since such information cannot serve as a substitute for individual advice and information which is tailored to the requirements, objectives, experience, knowledge and circumstances of the investor concerned. The Warrants are subject to - potentially major - price fluctuations and may involve the risk of a complete or partial loss of the invested capital (including any costs incurred in connection with the Page 2

3 purchase of the Warrants). Since, in the case of Warrants, the Cash Amount is linked to an Underlying, Warrants are investments that might not be suitable for all investors. The Warrants may have complex structures, which the investor might not fully understand. The investor might therefore underestimate the actual risk that is associated with a purchase of the Warrants. Therefore, potential investors should study carefully the risks associated with an investment in the Warrants (with regard to the Issuer, the type of Warrants and/or the Underlying, as applicable), as well as any other information contained in the Base Prospectus, any supplements thereto as well as these Final Terms, and possibly consult their personal (including tax) advisors. Prior to purchasing Warrants, potential investors should ensure that they fully understand the mechanics of the relevant Warrants and that they are able to assess and bear the risk of a (total) loss of their investment. Prospective purchasers of Warrants should in each case consider carefully whether the Warrants are suitable for them in the light of their individual circumstances and financial position. It is possible that the performance of the Warrants is adversely affected by several risk factors at the same time. The Issuer, however, is unable to make any reliable prediction on such combined effects. Other general risks associated with the purchase of the Warrants (such as factors influencing the price of the Securities at the time of issue and in the secondary market, conflicts of interest, hedging risks, interest rate and inflationary risks, as well as currency risks) are set out in the detailed provisions of the Base Prospectus dated 24 February Special risks relating to plain Warrants General Warrants will grant the investor to the right to receive the payment of a Cash Amount corresponding to the difference, converted into NOK if necessary, multiplied by the Ratio by which the Reference Price of the Underlying (a share) on the Valuation Date exceeds (in the case of Call Warrants) or is exceeded by (in the case of Put Warrants) the Strike set out in the Terms and Conditions. Whether the holder of the Warrants is entitled to a relevant payment will to a significant extent depend upon the performance of the Underlying during the term of the Warrants. The value of the Warrant in the secondary market will normally undergo a corresponding development: a call warrant will normally (i.e. by leaving out of account any other factors relevant for the formation of Warrant prices) lose value if the price of its Underlying falls. Conversely, the value of a put warrant will fall if the price of its Underlying rises. "European warrants" are Warrants that will be deemed automatically exercised on the Exercise Date, provided that the Cash Amount is positive (Automatic Exercise). It is not possible to exercise these Warrants prior to the Exercise Date. The right to receive the Underlying itself instead of the Cash Amount is excluded. Loss risks Warrants are particularly risky investment instruments that entail the risk of a complete loss of the purchase price paid for the Warrants. This will specifically be the case if the Underlying's Reference Price does not exceed (in the case of Call Warrants) or is not below (in the case of Put Warrants) the Strike and, in view of the remaining term of the Warrants, it can no longer be expected that the Underlying's Reference Price will move in the desired direction once more in time before the expiry of the Warrants. It must be noted that a change in the price of the Warrants' Underlying (e.g. a share), or even the non-materialisation of an expected change therein, may result in a disproportionate change in the Warrants' value and may even render them worthless. In addition, any economic considerations regarding an investment in the Warrants must also take into account the costs associated with their purchase or sale. Page 3

4 In addition, investors bear the risk that the Issuer's financial situation may deteriorate - or that insolvency proceedings might be instituted with regard to its assets - and that the Issuer might therefore default on the payments due under the Warrants. Adjustments and termination by the Issuer The Issuer may be entitled to perform adjustments in accordance with the Terms and Conditions. Such adjustments may have an adverse effect on the value of the Warrants. In addition, the Issuer may be entitled to terminate the Warrants in accordance with the Terms and Conditions. In that case, the Warrants shall expire prematurely. The Termination Amount per Warrant payable to the holders of the Warrants shall be determined by the Issuer in its reasonable discretion (billiges Ermessen, 315 of the German Civil Code (BGB)), by taking into account prevailing market conditions, any proceeds realised by the Issuer in connection with transactions concluded by it in its reasonable discretion (billiges Ermessen, 315 German Civil Code (BGB)) for hedging measures in relation to the assumption and fulfilment of its obligations under the Warrants (the "Hedging Transactions"). When determining the Termination Amount, the Issuer may take into account expenses for transactions that were required for winding up the Hedging Transactions in the Issuer's reasonable discretion (billiges Ermessen, 315 German Civil Code (BGB)) as deductible items. No regular income The Warrants represent neither a claim to interest nor dividend payments and thus do not generate any regular income. This means that it may not be possible to compensate for potential value losses associated with an investment in the Warrants through income generated in connection therewith. Warrants are unsecured obligations (Status) The obligations under the Warrants constitute direct and unconditional obligations of the Issuer that are not subject to a real charge (nicht dinglich besichert) and, unless otherwise provided by applicable law, rank at least pari passu with all other unsubordinated obligations of the Issuer that are not subject to a real charge. They are neither secured by the Deposit Protection Fund of the Association of German Banks (Einlagensicherungsfonds des Bundesverbandes deutscher Banken e.v.) nor by the German Deposit Guarantee and Investor Compensation Act (Einlagensicherungs- und Anlegerentschädigungsgesetz). This means that the investor bears the risk that the Issuer's financial situation may worsen - or that insolvency proceedings might be instituted with regard to its assets - and that the Issuer therefore might be unable to make any payments due under the Warrants. Under these circumstances, a total loss of the investor's capital might be possible. The Issuer may enter into hedging transactions in the relevant underlying, but is under no obligation to do so. If hedging transactions are entered into, they shall exclusively inure to the benefit of the Issuer, and the investors shall have no entitlement whatsoever to the underlying or with respect to the hedging transaction. Hedging transactions entered into by the Issuer shall not give rise to any legal relationship between the investors and those responsible for the underlying. Risk factors relating to the Underlying The value of a Warrant's Underlying depends upon a number of factors that may be interconnected. These may include economic, financial and political events beyond the Issuer's control. The past performance of an Underlying should not be regarded as an indicator of its future performance during the term of the Warrants. Page 4

5 Particular risks of Warrants with shares as Underlying Warrants relating to shares are associated with particular risks beyond the Issuer's control, such as the risk that the respective company will be rendered insolvent, the risk that the share price will fluctuate or risks that occur in relation to dividend payments by the company. The performance of the shares depends to a very significant extent on developments on the capital markets, which in turn depend on the general global economic situation and more specific economic and political conditions. Shares in companies with low to medium market capitalisation may be subject to even higher risks (e.g. relating to their volatility or insolvency) than is the case for shares in larger companies. Moreover, shares in companies with low capitalisation may be extremely illiquid as a result of low trading volumes. Shares in companies which have their statutory seat or significant business operations in countries with limited certainty of law are subject to additional risks such as, for instance, government interventions or nationalisation which may lead to a total or partial loss of the invested capital or of access to the capital invested in that country. This may result in a total or partial loss in relation to the value of the share. The realisation of such risks may also result in a total or partial loss of the invested capital for holders of Warrants that are linked to such shares. Holders of Warrants that are linked to shares, unlike investors which directly invest in the shares, do not receive dividends or other distributions payable to the holders of the underlying shares. If the Underlying consists of securities in lieu of shares (e.g. American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs") or Global Depositary Receipts ("GDRs"), together "Depositary Receipts"), additional risks might occur. ADRs are securities issued in the United States of America that take the form of participation certificates in relation to a portfolio of shares held in the home country of the issuer of the underlying shares outside the United States of America. GDRs are also securities that take the form of participation certificates in relation to a portfolio of shares held in the home country of the issuer of the underlying shares. They normally differ from the participation certificates referred to as ADRs in that they are publicly offered and/or issued outside the United States of America. Each Depositary Receipt represents one or more shares or a fraction of a security in a foreign corporation. In the case of both types of Depositary Receipt, the legal owner of the underlying share is the depositary bank, which also acts as the issuing agent of the Depositary Receipts. Depending on the jurisdiction in which the Depositary Receipts were issued and the laws by which the depositary contract is governed, it cannot be ruled out that the holder of the Depositary Receipts may not be recognised as the actual beneficial owner of the underlying shares in the relevant jurisdiction. Particularly in the case that the depositary bank becomes insolvent and/or debt enforcement proceedings are initiated with regard to it, the relevant underlying shares may be subjected to disposal restrictions and/or utilised commercially in the context of debt enforcement measure undertaken against the depositary bank. In that case, the relevant holder will forfeit the rights in the underlying shares represented by the relevant Depositary Receipt. This means that the Depositary Receipt as Underlying will be rendered worthless, so that the securities relating to that Depositary Receipt (except in the case of reverse structures) will also be rendered worthless. In such a scenario, the investor faces a risk of total loss subject to a possible unconditional minimum repayment amount or other (partial) capital protection. It must also be taken into account that the depositary bank may stop offering Depositary Receipts at any time and that, in that case or if the depositary bank becomes insolvent, the issuer of these Warrants will, subject to more detailed provisions set out in the Terms and Conditions of the Warrants, be entitled to adjust the Terms and Conditions and/or terminate the Warrants. Page 5

6 GENERAL INFORMATION This document contains the Final Terms of the Warrants described herein and must be read in conjunction with the Base Prospectus dated 24 February 2011, as supplemented from time to time (the "Base Prospectus"). Full information on the Issuer and the offer of the Warrants is only available on the basis of a combination of these Final Terms, the Base Prospectus and supplements thereto, if any. Prospective purchasers of the Warrants are advised to read the complete Base Prospectus including the chapter on "Risk Factors" and to seek their own advice (including tax consultants and account holding bank) before reaching an investment decision. Prospectus liability Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft (the "Issuer", the "Bank" or "Commerzbank", together with its consolidated subsidiaries "Commerzbank Group" or the "Group") with its registered office at Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany, accepts responsibility for the information contained in these Final Terms. The Issuer hereby declares that the information contained in these Final Terms is, to the best of its knowledge, in accordance with the facts and contains no material omission. The Issuer has taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case, the information contained in these Final Terms is, to the best of its knowledge, in accordance with the facts and contains no omission likely to affect its import. No person is or has been authorized by the Issuer to give any information or to make any representation not contained in or not consistent with these Final Terms or any other information supplied in connection with these Final Terms, the Warrants and, if given or made, such information or representation must not be relied upon as having been authorized by the Issuer. The information contained herein relates to the date of the Final Terms and may have become inaccurate and/or incomplete as a result of subsequent changes. Availability of Documents The Base Prospectus dated 24 February 2011 and any supplements thereto and these Final Terms will be made available in electronic form on the website of Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft at Hardcopies of the Base Prospectus may be requested free of charge from the Issuer's head office (Kaiserstraße 16 (Kaiserplatz), Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany). Furthermore, the Articles of Association of Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft (as amended), the Financial Statements and Management Reports of Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft as well as the Annual Reports of the Commerzbank Group for the financial years of 2009 and 2010 (audited) and the Interim Report of the Commerzbank Group for the period ended 30 June 2011 (reviewed) will be available for inspection at the Issuer's head office (Kaiserstraße 16 (Kaiserplatz), Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany) or for electronic viewing at for a period of twelve months following the date of the Base Prospectus. Offer and Sale As of 1 September 2011 Commerzbank publicly offers in the Kingdom of Norway Warrants relating to Shares denominated in NOK (the Warrants ) with issue sizes and initial issue prices per series of Warrants as detailed below. Page 6

7 Characteristics Type Issue Size ISIN Share Strike in NOK Exercise Date Relevant Exchange Ratio Initial Issue Price in NOK Call 5,000,000 DE000CM6T8S3 registered shares of Statoil ASA (ISIN NO ) December 2011 Oslo Børs ASA Call 5,000,000 DE000CM6T8R5 registered shares of Yara International ASA (ISIN NO ) December 2011 Oslo Børs ASA Calculation Agent If a calculation agent will be necessary Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Kaiserstrasse 16 (Kaiserplatz), Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany, will act as calculation agent. Securitisation The Warrants will be issued in dematerialised form and will only be evidenced by book entries in the system of the Norwegian Central Securities Depositary VPS ASA, P.O. Box 4, 0051, Oslo, for registration of securities and settlement of securities transactions in accordance with the Norwegian Securities Register Act (lov om registrering av finansielle instrumenter juli nr. 64). There will be neither global bearer warrants nor definitive warrants. Minimum Trading Unit One (1) Warrant Listing The application for the listing and trading of the Warrants on the Nordic Derivatives Exchange Oslo has been submitted. The first day of trading is expected to be 1 September Payment Date 6 September 2011 Information regarding the Underlying The asset underlying the Warrants are the Shares detailed in the above table. Information on the Shares and the respective companies can be obtained from the internet pages of the Relevant Exchanges on which the Shares are listed (e.g. as well as on Taxation All present and future taxes, fees or other duties in connection with the Warrants shall be borne and paid by the holders of the Warrants. The Issuer is entitled to withhold from payments to be made under the Warrants any taxes, fees and/or duties payable by the holders of the Warrants in accordance with the previous sentence. Page 7

8 TERMS AND CONDITIONS 1 FORM 1. The Warrants (the "Warrants") of each series issued by Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany (the "Issuer") will be in dematerialised registered form and will only be evidenced by book entries in the system of the Norwegian Central Securities Depositary VPS ASA, P.O. Box 4, 0051, Oslo, ( VPS ) for registration of securities and settlement of securities transactions (the Clearing System ) in accordance with the Norwegian Securities Register Act (lov om registrering av finansielle instrumenter juli nr. 64). There will be neither global bearer securities nor definitive securities and no physical notes will be issued in respect of the Warrants. Warrants issued through the Norwegian CSD must comply with the Norwegian Securities Trading Act, and the procedures applicable to and/or issued by VPS fro time to time and as amended from time to time. 2. Transfers of the title to the Warrants and other registration measures shall be made in accordance with the Norwegian Securities Register Act (lov om registrering av finasielle instrumenter juli nr. 64), the regulations, rules and operating procedures applicable to and/or issued by VPS (the Norwegian CSD Rules ). 3. The term "Warrantholder" in these Terms and Conditions refers to any person that is registered on a VPS-account as holder of a Warrant or, where applicable, any other person acknowledged as the holder pursuant to the Norwegian CSD Rules. For nominee registered Warrants the authorised nominee shall be considered to be the Warrantholder. The Issuer shall be entitled to obtain information from VPS in accordance with the Norwegian CSD Rules. Except as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction or as required by law, the Warrantholder of any Warrant shall be deemed to be and may be treated as its absolute owner for all purposes, whether or not it is overdue and regardless of any notice of ownership, trust or an interest in it and no person shall be liable for so treating the holder. 4. The Issuer reserves the right to issue from time to time without the consent of the Warrantholders additional tranches of Warrants with substantially identical terms, so that the same shall be consolidated to form a single series and increase the total volume of the Warrants. The term "Warrants" shall, in the event of such consolidation, also comprise such additionally issued Warrants. 2 DEFINITIONS 1. For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions, the following definitions shall apply (subject to an adjustment in accordance with 4): "Exchange Business Day" shall be a day on which the Relevant Exchange and the Futures Exchange are open for trading during their respective regular trading sessions, notwithstanding the Relevant Exchange or Futures Exchange closing prior to its scheduled weekday closing time. Any trading or trading activities after or before the regular trading sessions on the Relevant Exchange or the Futures Exchange will not be taken into account. "Exercise Date" shall be the day set out in paragraph 2. "Market Disruption Event" means the occurrence or existence of any suspension of, or limitation imposed on, trading in (a) the Share on the Relevant Exchange, or (b) any option or futures contracts relating to the Share on the Futures Exchange (if such option or futures contracts are traded on the Futures Exchange), provided that any such Page 8

9 suspension or limitation is material in the reasonable discretion of the Issuer (billiges Ermessen, 315 German Civil Code (BGB)). The occurrence of a Market Disruption Event shall be published in accordance with 9. A limitation regarding the office hours or the number of days of trading will not constitute a Market Disruption Event if it results from an announced change in the regular business hours of the respective exchange. A limitation on trading imposed during the course of a day by reason of movements in price exceeding permitted limits shall only deemed to be a Market Disruption Event if such limitation still prevails at the time of termination of the trading hours on such date. "Payment Business Day means a day on which commercial banks are open for business (including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in Oslo and Frankfurt am Main and the Clearing System settles payments in NOK. "Ratio" shall be expressed as a decimal figure and be the ratio set out in paragraph 2. "Reference Price" shall be the price of the Share last determined and published by the Relevant Exchange on any day (closing price). "Relevant Exchange" is the exchange referred to in paragraph 2. "Strike" shall be the price set out in paragraph 2. "Underlying" shall be the security referred to in paragraph 2 (the "Share"). The "Valuation Date" shall be the Exercise Date. If on the Valuation Date the Reference Price of the Share is not determined and published by the Relevant Exchange or on the Valuation Date a Market Disruption Event occurs, the Valuation Date shall be postponed to the next following Exchange Business Day on which the Reference Price of the Share is determined and published again by the Relevant Exchange and on which a Market Disruption Event does not occur. If, according to the before-mentioned, the Valuation Date is postponed for ten consecutive Exchange Business Days, and if also on such day the Reference Price of the Share is not determined and published by the Relevant Exchange or a Market Disruption Event occurs on such day, then this day shall be deemed to be the Valuation Date and the Issuer shall estimate the Reference Price of the Share in its reasonable discretion (billiges Ermessen, 315 German Civil Code (BGB)), and in consideration of the prevailing market conditions on such day and make a notification thereof in accordance with For each series of Warrants the terms "Share", "Strike", "Exercise Date", "Relevant Exchange" and Ratio, shall have the following meaning: Type Issue Size ISIN Share Strike in NOK Exercise Date Relevant Exchange Ratio Call 5,000,000 DE000CM6T8S3 registered shares of Statoil ASA (ISIN NO ) December 2011 Oslo Børs ASA 0.10 Call 5,000,000 DE000CM6T8R5 registered shares of Yara International ASA (ISIN NO ) December 2011 Oslo Børs ASA 0.05 Page 9

10 3 OPTION RIGHT 1. The Warrants grant to the Warrantholder the right (the "Option Right") to receive from the Issuer the payment of the Cash Amount (rounded, if necessary, to the next NOK 0.01 with NOK rounded upwards) in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. The "Cash Amount" shall be equal to the product of (i) the amount by which the Reference Price on the Valuation Date exceeds the Strike (in the case of Call Warrants) or is exceeded by the Strike (in the case of Put Warrants) and (ii) the Ratio. 2. The Option Right shall be deemed to be automatically exercised on the Exercise Date, provided that the Cash Amount is a positive amount at that time. 3. The Issuer shall pay the Cash Amount to the Warrantholders not later than the tenth Payment Business Day following the Valuation Date to the Clearing System for crediting the accounts of the depositors of the Warrants with the Clearing System. 4 ADJUSTMENTS; TERMINATION RIGHT OF THE ISSUER 1. If an Adjustment Event or an Extraordinary Event (both as defined below) has a material effect on the price of the Share, the Issuer will make adjustments to the Terms and Conditions taking into consideration the provisions set forth hereinafter. If an Extraordinary Event has occurred, the Issuer may (instead of such an adjustment) optionally terminate the Warrants prematurely with respect to an Exchange Business Day (the "Termination Date") taking into consideration the provisions set forth hereinafter with a prior notice of seven Payment Business Days in accordance with 9. Any termination of the Warrants in part shall be excluded. a) Adjustments to the Terms and Conditions shall correspond to the adjustments to option or futures contracts relating to the Share made by the Futures Exchange or that would have been made by the Futures Exchange if such option or futures contracts were traded on the Futures Exchange. In the event of any doubts regarding the application of the adjustment rules of the Futures Exchange, the Issuer shall decide in its reasonable discretion (billiges Ermessen, 315 German Civil Code (BGB)). The adjustments made by the Issuer may deviate from those made by the Futures Exchange in cases where the adjustments made by the Futures Exchange would only lead to a minor adjustment of the Terms and Conditions, as well as in cases when and where such deviation is necessary in the reasonable discretion of the Issuer (billiges Ermessen, 315 German Civil Code (BGB)) to compensate for the economic effect of the relevant Adjustment Event or Extraordinary Event on the price of the Share. As a result of such adjustments especially the Strike and the Ratio may be amended. The adjustments may also result in the Share being replaced by another share or other securities, a basket of securities and/or cash, and another stock exchange being determined as the Relevant Exchange. If the Futures Exchange makes an adjustment by replacing the Share by a basket of shares, the Issuer shall be entitled to determine only the share with the highest market capitalisation on the relevant Cut-off Date as the (new) Underlying, to sell the remaining shares in the basket on the first Exchange Business Day following the Cut-off Date at the first available price and to reinvest the proceeds immediately afterwards in the remaining share. Adjustments and determinations take effect as from the date (the "Cut-off Date") determined by the Issuer in its reasonable discretion (billiges Ermessen, 315 German Civil Code (BGB)), provided that (in case the Issuer takes into consideration the manner in which adjustments are or would be made by the Futures Exchange) the Issuer shall take into Page 10

11 consideration the date at which such adjustments take effect or would take effect at the Futures Exchange if such option or futures contracts were traded at the Futures Exchange. Adjustments and determinations as well as the effective date shall be notified by the Issuer in accordance with 9. Any adjustment in accordance with this 4 paragraph 1 does not exclude a later termination in accordance with this paragraph on the basis of the same event. b) If the Warrants are called for redemption due to the occurrence of an Extraordinary Event, they shall be redeemed at the termination amount per Warrant (the "Termination Amount") which shall be calculated by the Issuer in its reasonable discretion (billiges Ermessen, 315 German Civil Code (BGB)) by taking into account prevailing market conditions and any proceeds realised by the Issuer in connection with transactions concluded by it in its reasonable discretion (billiges Ermessen, 315 German Civil Code (BGB)) for hedging measures in relation to the assumption and fulfilment of its obligations under the Warrants (the "Hedging Transactions"). Expenses for transactions that were required for winding up the Hedging Transactions will be taken into account as deductible items. The Issuer shall pay the Termination Amount to the Warrantholder not later than the tenth Payment Business Day following the Termination Date to the Clearing System for crediting the accounts of the depositors of the Warrants with the Clearing System. The rights in connection with the Warrants shall expire upon the payment of the Termination Amount to the Clearing System. 2. "Adjustment Event" means: a) the adjustment of option or futures contracts relating to the Share at the Futures Exchange or the announcement of such adjustment; or b) any of the following actions taken by the issuer of the underlying Share (the "Company"): capital increases through issuance of new shares against capital contribution and issuance of subscription rights to the shareholders, capital increases out of the Company s reserves, issuance of securities with option or conversion rights related to the Share, distributions of ordinary dividends, distributions of extraordinary dividends, stock splits or any other split, consolidation or alteration of category; c) a spin-off of a part of the Company in such a way that a new independent entity is formed, or that the spun-off part of the Company is absorbed by another entity; or d) any other adjustment event being economically equivalent to the before-mentioned events with regard to their effects. 3. "Extraordinary Event" means: a) the termination of trading in, or early settlement of, option or futures contracts relating to the Share at the Futures Exchange or the announcement of such termination or early settlement; b) the termination of the listing of the Share on the Relevant Exchange due to a merger by absorption or by creation or due to any other reasons, or the becoming known of the intention of the Company or the announcement of the Relevant Exchange that the listing of the Share at the Relevant Exchange will terminate immediately or at a later date and that the Share will not be admitted, traded or listed at any other exchange which is comparable to the Relevant Exchange (including the exchange segment, if applicable) immediately following the termination of the listing; c) the Issuer and/or its affiliates (in the meaning of 1 paragraph 7 German Banking Act (KWG), 290 paragraph 2 German Commercial Law (HGB)) are, even following Page 11

12 economically reasonable efforts, not in the position (i) to enter, re-enter, replace, maintain, liquidate, acquire or dispose of any transactions or investments that the Issuer considers necessary to hedge its risks resulting from the assumption and performance of its obligations under the Warrants or (ii) to realize, regain or transfer the proceeds resulting from such transactions or investments; d) a procedure is introduced or ongoing pursuant to which all shares or the substantial assets of the Company are or are liable to be nationalized or expropriated or otherwise transferred to public agencies, authorities or organizations; e) the application for insolvency proceedings or for comparable proceedings with regard to the assets of the Company according to the applicable law of the Company; or f) any other event being economically equivalent to the before-mentioned events with regard to their effects. 4. "Futures Exchange" means the options or futures exchange with the highest trading volume of option or futures contracts relating to the Share. If option or futures contracts on the Share are not traded on any exchange, the Futures Exchange shall be the options or futures exchange with the highest amount of option or futures contracts relating to shares of companies having their residence in the country in which the Company has its residence. If there is no options or futures exchange in the country in which the Company has its residence on which option or futures contracts on shares are traded, the Issuer will determine the Futures Exchange in its reasonable discretion (billiges Ermessen, 315 German Civil Code (BGB)) and will make notification thereof in accordance with The Issuer may also terminate the Warrants according to paragraph 1 in the case of a takeoverbid, i.e. an offer to take over or to swap or any other offer or any other act of an individual person or a legal entity that results in the individual person or legal entity buying, otherwise acquiring or obtaining a right to buy more than 10% of the outstanding shares of the Company as a consequence of a conversion or otherwise; all as determined by the Issuer based on notifications to the competent authorities or on other information determined as relevant by the Issuer. 5 TAXES All present and future taxes, fees or other duties in connection with the Warrants shall be borne and paid by the Warrantholders. The Issuer is entitled to withhold from payments to be made under the Warrants any taxes, fees and/or duties payable by the Warrantholder in accordance with the previous sentence. 6 STATUS The obligations under the Warrants constitute direct, unconditional and unsecured obligations of the Issuer and rank at least pari passu with all other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Issuer (save for such exceptions as may exist from time to time under applicable law). 7 WARRANT AGENT 1. Nordea Bank Norge ASA, Postboks 1166 Sentrum, 0107 Oslo, shall be the warrant agent (the "Warrant Agent"). Page 12

13 2. The Issuer shall be entitled at any time to appoint another bank of international standing as Warrant Agent. Such appointment and the effective date shall be notified in accordance with The Warrant Agent is hereby granted exemption from the restrictions of 181 of the German Civil Code (BGB) and any similar restrictions of the applicable laws of any other country. 8 SUBSTITUTION OF THE ISSUER 1. Any other company may assume at any time during the life of the Warrants, subject to paragraph 2, without the Warrantholders' consent all the obligations of the Issuer under these Terms and Conditions. Any such substitution and the effective date shall be notified by the Issuer in accordance with 9. Upon any such substitution, such substitute company (hereinafter called the "New Issuer") shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer under these Terms and Conditions with the same effect as if the New Issuer had been named as the Issuer herein; the Issuer (and, in the case of a repeated application of this 8, each previous New Issuer) shall be released from its obligations hereunder and from its liability as obligor under the Warrants. In the event of such substitution, any reference in these Terms and Conditions to the Issuer shall from then on be deemed to refer to the New Issuer. 2. No such assumption shall be permitted unless a) the New Issuer has agreed to assume all obligations of the Issuer under the Warrants pursuant to these Terms and Conditions; b) the New Issuer has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless each Warrantholder against any tax, duty, assessment or governmental charge imposed on such Warrantholder in respect of such substitution; c) the Issuer (in this capacity referred to as the "Guarantor") has unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed to the Warrantholders compliance by the New Issuer with all obligations under the Warrants pursuant to these Terms and Conditions; d) the New Issuer and the Guarantor have obtained all governmental authorisations, approvals, consents and permissions necessary in the jurisdictions in which the Guarantor and/or the New Issuer are domiciled or the country under the laws of which they are organised. 3. Upon any substitution of the Issuer for a New Issuer, this 8 shall apply again. 9 NOTICES Notices relating to the Warrants shall be published in the electronic version of the Federal Gazette (Bundesanzeiger) and shall be deemed to be effective upon such publication unless such publication gives another effective date. If the Warrants are offered to the public, notices relating to the Warrants shall in addition be published on the internet page (or on another internet page notified at least six weeks in advance by the Issuer in accordance with this 9). If applicable law or regulations of the stock exchange on which the Warrants are listed require a notification in another manner, notices shall also be given in the manner so required. Page 13

14 10 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY The Issuer shall be held responsible for acting or failing to act in connection with the Warrants only if, and insofar as, it either breaches material obligations under or in connection with the Terms and Conditions of the Warrants negligently or wilfully or breaches other obligations with gross negligence or wilfully. The same applies to the Warrant Agent. 11 FINAL CLAUSES 1. The Warrants and the rights and duties of the Warrantholders, the Issuer, the Warrant Agent and the Guarantor (if any) shall in all respects be governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany except for 1 paragraph 1 to 3 of the Terms and Conditions which shall be governed by the laws of the Kingdom of Norway. 2. In the event of manifest typing or calculation errors or similar manifest errors in the Terms and Conditions, the Issuer shall be entitled to declare rescission (Anfechtung) to the Warrantholders. The declaration of rescission shall be made without undue delay upon becoming aware of any such ground for rescission (Anfechtungsgrund) and in accordance with 9. Following a declaration of rescission by the Issuer, the Warrantholder is entitled to request repayment of the Issue Price by delivery of a duly completed redemption notice to the Warrant Agent on the form available at the Warrant Agent or by providing all information and statements requested therein (the "Redemption Notice") and by transfer of the Warrants to the account of the Warrant Agent with the Clearing System. The Issuer shall make available the Issue Price to the Warrant Agent within 30 calendar days following receipt of the Redemption Notice and of the Warrants by the Warrant Agent, whichever receipt is later, whereupon the Warrant Agent shall transfer the Issue Price to the account specified in the Redemption Notice. Upon payment of the Issue Price all rights under the Warrants delivered shall expire. 3. The Issuer may combine the declaration of rescission pursuant to paragraph 2 with an offer to continue the Warrants on the basis of corrected Terms and Conditions. Such an offer and the corrected provisions shall be notified to the Warrantholders together with the declaration of rescission in accordance with 9. Any such offer shall be deemed to be accepted by a Warrantholder (and the rescission shall not take effect), unless the Warrantholder requests repayment of the Issue Price within four weeks following the date on which the offer has become effective in accordance with 9 by delivery of a duly completed Redemption Notice to the Warrant Agent and by transfer of the Warrants to the account of the Warrant Agent with the Clearing System pursuant to paragraph 2. The Issuer shall refer to this effect in the notification. 4. "Issue Price" within the meaning of paragraph 2 and 3 shall be deemed to be the higher of (i) the purchase price that was actually paid by the relevant Warrantholder (as declared and proved by evidence in the Repayment Request) and (ii) the weighted arithmetic average (as determined by the Issuer in its reasonable discretion (billiges Ermessen, 315 of the German Civil Code (BGB)) of the traded prices of the Warrants on the Exchange Business Day preceding the declaration of rescission pursuant to paragraph 1. If a Market Disruption Event exists on the Exchange Business Day preceding the declaration of rescission pursuant to paragraph 1, the last Exchange Business Day preceding the declaration of rescission pursuant to paragraph 1 on which no Market Disruption Event existed shall be decisive for the ascertainment of price pursuant to the preceding sentence. 5. Contradictory or incomplete provisions in the Terms and Conditions may be corrected or amended, as the case may be, by the Issuer in its reasonable discretion (billiges Ermessen, 315 of the German Civil Code (BGB)). The Issuer, however, shall only be entitled to make such corrections or amendments which are reasonably acceptable to the Warrantholders having regard to the interests of the Issuer and in particular which do not materially adversely affect the Page 14

15 legal or financial situation of the Warrantholders. Notice of any such correction or amendment shall be given to the Warrantholders in accordance with If the Warrantholder was aware of typing or calculation errors or similar errors at the time of the acquisition of the Warrants, then, notwithstanding paragraphs 2 to 5, the Warrantholders can be bound by the Issuer to the corrected Terms and Conditions. 7. Should any provision of these Terms and Conditions be or become void in whole or in part, the other provisions shall remain in force. The void provision shall be replaced by a valid provision that reflects the economic intent of the void provision as closely as possible in legal terms. In those cases, however, the Issuer may also take the steps described in paragraphs 2 to 5 above. 8. Place of performance is Frankfurt am Main. 9. Place of jurisdiction for all disputes and other proceedings in connection with the Warrants for merchants, entities of public law, special funds under public law and entities without a place of general jurisdiction in the Federal Republic of Germany is Frankfurt am Main. In such a case, the place of jurisdiction in Frankfurt am Main shall be an exclusive place of jurisdiction. Page 15